As if bowing to the wave of political correctness and abandoning their students to the public lynch mob last year were not enough, Duke University officialdom remains more or less unrepentant. The day after the charges against the Duke Three were dismissed, I received the following email from the Chairman of Duke’s Board of Trustees…
Category Archives: Duke rape case
What Really Happened at the Duke Lacrosse Party?
That is the focus of an article in the April 23rd issue of Newsweek. While largely a rehash of information available from other sources over the past year, the piece does provide some new details and is worth a read. One thing is clear – and was clear before the article – is that there…
Terry Moran Should Apologize
In a post on his blog, ABC’s Terry Moran has posted one of the most insipid, offensive analyses of the dismissal of the charges against the Duke Three that I have seen. Moran’s analysis, in a nutshell, is that the three lacrosse players are not entitled to the sympathy that has been directed toward them…
Nifong’s Non-Apology
Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong today issued what in his mind passes for an apology to the three Duke University lacrosse players who he had indicted, and planned to prosecute based upon the lies of Crystal Mangum, and whose lives he tried so hard to destroy. Nifong, of course, couches his not so mea…
The Duke University Administration and Faculty Have a Lot of ‘Splainin to Do
By now, if you are reading this post, you know that all of the charges against the three Duke University Lacrosse players indicted for rape and other alleged misdeeds have been dismissed, and that none other than the Attorney General of the State of North Carolina have pronounced the Duke Three innocent. The legal case…
Text of North Carolina AG’s Statement
Pasted below is the full text of the North Carolina Attorney General’s statement today dismissing all charges against the Duke Three (courtesy of KC Johnson’s LieStoppers blog): Good afternoon, everyone. On Jan. 13 of this year, I accepted the request of the Durham district attorney to take over three Durham cases. At the time, I…
“What office do I go to to get my reputation back?”
The title of this post is drawn from a quote from former Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovan who, after enduring a nine month long trial on corruption charges, was acquitted. The title quote was Donovan’s response to a question about whether he was happy with the verdict. The three Duke Lacrosse players who were falsely…
Duke Case Over
ABC News is now reporting that the North Carolina Attorney General’s office will drop all charges in the Duke Lacrosse case. This outcome has been a long time coming, but a welcome conclusion nonetheless. Mr. Nifong must now be fully held to account.
Duke Case to be Dropped?
ABC News is reporting on its website that the North Carolina Attorney General’s office could announce as early as tomorrow whether it will drop charges against the Duke Three, or whether it will proceed with the case. Given the major problems with the case that Mike Nifong tried to manufacture (and I choose that word…
The LieStoppers Blog Is a Must Read
If you have any interest at all in the Duke Lacrosse rape case – and if you are reading this I have a hard time imagining that you wouldn’t have at least a passing interest – I very, very highly recommend that you visit, and in fact read daily, Professor KC Johnson’s blog, LieStoppers. Professor…